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96 "Index" means the index, as adjusted pursuant to Condition 10, to which the relevant Note relates, as specified in the relevant Final Terms, and "Indices" and "Basket" shall be construed accordingly. "Index Linked Note" means a Series of Notes in respect of which an amount which shall be calculated by reference to an index or basket of indices and/or a formula is payable (as indicated in the relevant Final Terms). "Index Sponsor" means the corporation or other entity that (a) is responsible for setting and reviewing the rules and procedures and the methods of calculation and adjustments, if any, related to the relevant Index; and (b) announces (directly or through an agent) the level of the relevant Index on a regular basis during each Scheduled Trading Day. The entity which is the Index Sponsor on the Issue Date maybe, specified as such in the applicable Final Terms. "Initial Index Level" means the level of the Index specified as such or otherwise determined in the relevant Final Terms or, if no such level is specified or otherwise determined in the relevant Final Terms, the level of the Index as published by the Sponsor as of the Valuation Time on the Strike Date as determined by the Calculation Agent as of the Valuation Time on the relevant Exchange on the Strike Date, subject to adjustment from time to time in accordance with the provisions set forth in Condition 10(f) below. "Market Disruption Event" means either: (i) (A) the occurrence or existence, in respect of any Component Security, of: (1) a Trading Disruption in respect of such Component Security, which the Calculation Agent determines is material, at any time during the one hour period that (a) for the purposes of the occurrence of a Knock-in Event or a Knock-out Event begins and/or ends at the time on which the level of the relevant Index triggers respectively the Knock-in Level or the Knock-out Level or (b) in all other circumstances, ends at the relevant Valuation Time in respect of the Exchange on which such Component Security is principally traded; and/or (2) an Exchange Disruption in respect of such Component Security, which the Calculation Agent determines is material, at any time during the one hour period that (a) for the purposes of the occurrence of a Knock-in Event or a Knock-out Event begins and/or ends at the time on which the level of the relevant Index triggers respectively the Knock-in Level or the Knock-out Level or (b) in all other circumstances, ends at the relevant Valuation Time in respect of the Exchange on which such Component Security is principally traded; and/or (3) an Early Closure in respect of such Component Security; and (B) the aggregate of all Component Securities in respect of which a Trading Disruption and/or, an Exchange Disruption and/or an Early Closure occurs or exists comprises 20 per cent or more of the level of the Index; or (ii) the occurrence or existence, in respect of futures or options contracts relating to the Index, of: (a) a Trading Disruption; (b) an Exchange Disruption, which in either case the Calculation Agent determines is material, at any time during the one hour period that (a) for the purposes of the occurrence of a Knock-in Event or a Knock-out Event begins and/or ends at the time on which the level of the relevant Index triggers respectively the Knock-in Level or the Knock-out Level or (b) in all other circumstances,
97 ends at the relevant Valuation Time in respect of the Related Exchange; or (c) an Early Closure, in each case in respect of such futures or options contracts. For the purposes of determining whether a Market Disruption Event exists in respect of a Component Security at any time, if a Market Disruption Event occurs in respect of such Component Security at that time, then the relevant percentage contribution of that Component Security to the level of the Index shall be based on a comparison of (x) the portion of the level of the Index attributable to that Component Security to (y) the overall level of the Index, in each case using the official opening weightings as published by the Sponsor as part of the market "opening data". "Reference Level" means, in respect of any Averaging Date and an Index, the level of such Index as published by the Sponsor as of the Valuation Time on such Averaging Date as determined by the Calculation Agent. "Related Exchange" means in respect of an Index the exchange or quotation system specified as such in the relevant Final Terms, any successor to such exchange or quotation system or any substitute exchange or quotation system to which trading in futures or options contracts relating to the relevant Index has temporarily relocated (provided that the Calculation Agent has determined that there is comparable liquidity relative to the futures or options contracts relating to such Security on such temporary substitute exchange or quotation system as on the original Related Exchange), provided, however, that where "All Exchanges" is specified as the Related Exchange in the relevant Final Terms, "Related Exchange" shall mean each exchange or quotation system where trading has a material effect (as determined by the Calculation Agent) on the overall market for futures or options contracts relating to such Index. "Scheduled Closing Time" means, in respect of each Component Security, the scheduled weekday closing time of the Exchange, without regard to after hours or any other trading outside of the regular trading session hours. "Scheduled Trading Day" means any day on which (i) the Index Sponsor is scheduled to publish the level of the Index and (ii) the Related Exchange is scheduled to be open for trading for its regular trading session. "Settlement Cycle" means, in respect of an Index, the largest period of Clearance System Business Days following a trade in the shares underlying such Index on any relevant Exchange in which settlement will customarily occur according to the rules of such Exchange. "Scheduled Valuation Date" means any original date that, but for the occurrence of an event causing a Disrupted Day, would have been a Valuation Date. "Multiple Exchange Index Linked Note" has the meaning ascribed thereto in the relevant Final Terms. "Strike Date" means the date specified as such in the relevant Final Terms or, if such date is not a relevant Scheduled Trading Day, the next following relevant Scheduled Trading Day, subject to the provisions of "Consequences of Disrupted Days" above as if such Strike Date were a Valuation Date. "Strike Price "has the meaning ascribed thereto in the relevant Final Terms. "Trading Disruption" means any suspension of or limitation imposed on trading by the relevant Exchange or, if any, the Related Exchange or otherwise and whether by reason of movements in price
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